UP to empower 150k women dairy farmers
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Uttar Pradesh government has roped in NDDB Dairy Services (NDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to promote women empowerment…
Yogi 2.0 to double maize output to 2.75 million tonnes
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh government is looking to double maize production from 1.47 million tonnes (MT) to 2.75 MT in about 5 years. According to industry,…
World Bank to support micro irrigation in UP sugar belt
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The World Bank Group will promote micro irrigation in the sugar belt of Uttar Pradesh, which is India’s top sugarcane producer. Uttar Pradesh Sugar Mills…
UP to procure 6 million tonnes of wheat
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow In the current rabi marketing season 2023-24, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh government is targetting to procure 6 million tonnes (MT) of wheat.…
UP agroforestry project to generate carbon credits
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Uttar Pradesh has launched an agroforestry project to generate carbon credits and provide a sustainable income sources to farmers. The state government has partnered with…
UP excise revenue rises to Rs 41k crore
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Riding on increasing ethanol production and weeding out of illicit liquor trade, Uttar Pradesh excise revenue has jumped 13% to touch a record level of…
UP making consumer items with cow dung
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow To integrate an economic value proposition to its agenda of cow protection, the Uttar Pradesh government is promoting the manufacture of a slew of consumer…
UP crop loss disbursal tops Rs 4,000 crore
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Aligning with the pro-farmer agenda, the Uttar Pradesh government has disbursed crop loss relief ex gratia of nearly Rs 4,000 crore to 4.8 million farmers…
Ethanol diversion leaps 30% in sugar season 2022-23
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Indicating a major shift in the domestic sugar value chain, sugar diversion into ethanol production has jumped 30 percent in the current crushing season 2022-23.…
UP paddy procurement hits 6 million tonnes
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The paddy procurement in the current kharif marketing season 2022-23 has inched up to almost 6 million tonnes (MT). Total payables for the government purchase…